BIOTERRORISM ADVICE
January 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Medicines Evaluation Agency has released comprehensive guidance on the treatment and prevention of potentially devastating diseases which could be released by a major bio-terrorist attack; anthrax, the plague, tularemia, small pox, viral haemmorhagic fever and botulism.The document lists recommended available drugs. Some of these are not currently authorised in the EU because very few medicines have been approved for treating these diseases. As a result, "licensing status and availability in the different EU Member States may well ...
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